| BUCKMINSTER FULLER BIBLIOGRAPHY | |||||||
| BOOKS BY FULLER: TABLE OF CONTENTS (Combined) | |||||||
| Sects 000-300 | 400 | 500 | 600-800 | 900 | 1000 | 1100-1200 | |
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| Synergetics: Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking | 876 pgs |
| Synergetics 2: Further Explorations in the Geometry of Thinking | 592 pgs |
| by R. Buckminster Fuller in collaboration with E. J. Applewhite | 1468 total |
| Macmillan Publishing Co, Inc | 1975 & 1979 |
| A | Acknowledgments: John Entenza, Hugh Kenner, Brooke Maxwell, Shoji Sadao, Edwin Schlossberg | |
| B | Dedication to H. S. M. Coxeter | |
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C |
Preface by Arthur L. Loeb |
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| D | Moral of the Work | |
| E | Author's Note on the Rationale for Repetition in This Work | |
| F | Introduction: The Wellspring of Reality | |
| G | Scenarios: | |
| 1 | Child as Explorer | 100.01-63 |
| 2 | Nature in a Corner | 260.00-269.07 |
| 3 | Complex Humans | 311.11-18 |
| 4 | Metaphysics | 326.00-50 |
| 5 | Pattern | 505.50-83 |
| 6 | Space | 526.10-35 |
| 7 | Spherical Gravity | 646.10-22 |
| 8 | Tensegrity | 790.10-795.11 |
| 9 | Annihilation | 935.00-938.16 |
| 10 | Demass Model (author suggests reading first) | 986.00-874 |
| 11 | Multiplication by Division | 987.00-416 |
| 12 | Geometry of Nine | 1013.00-64 |
| 13 | Involvement Field | 1033.00-92 |
| 14 | Minimum Topology | 1044.00-13 |
| 15 | Physical Periodicities | 1052.50-71 |
| 16 | Growth & Decay | 1053.80-85 |
| 17 | Geometry of Two | 1070.00-1077.11 |
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18 |
Typewriter | 1130.00-1133.04 |
| H | Explicit: A Note to the Reader | |
| Color Posters (Plates) |
(#s 17-32 in back of Synergetics II) |
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| # 1 | Simplest Trigonometric Solutions | 1976 |
| # 2 | Conceptuality of Trigonometric Functions of Angle "A" as Expounded in Synergetics | " |
| # 3 | Multiplication Only by Division: 3 Ways of Progressive Halving Starting from Primitive Unity of Tet | " |
| # 4 | Deceptiveness of Topology Quanta Lost by Congruence | 1977 |
| # 5 | Synergetics' Operational Accountability of All Vanishing & Elsewhere Reappearing Quanta | 1976 |
| # 6 | Now You See It, Now You Don't: Quanta Lost by Precession (Richter Transformation) | " |
| # 7 | But There It Is Again: Quantum Recovered in the Cube and in the Vector Equilibrium | " |
| # 8 | Four Quanta Phases: Gravity More Effective than Radiation | " |
| # 9 | Cosmic Hierarchy of Omniinterrationally-Phased, Nuclear-Centered, Convergently-Divergently Intertransformable Systems | " |
| # 10 | Radiant Photons | " |
| # 11 | Dymaxion Nuclear Growth | 6-10-48 |
| # 12 | 12 Secondary Great Circles of Vector Equilibrium: Set 1 | 987.133 |
| # 13 | 24 Secondary Great Circles of Vector Equilibrium: Set 2 | 987.134 |
| # 14 | 12 Secondary Great Circles of Vector Equilibrium: Set 3 | 987.135 |
| # 15 | 24 Secondary Great Circles of Vector Equilibrium: Set 4 | 987.136 |
| # 16 | 72 Total Secondary Great Circles of Vector Equilibrium | 987.137 |
| 000.100 | Introduction to Color Posters (Plates) | |
| 100.00 | Synergy | |
|
100.01 |
Introduction: Scenario of the Child | |
| 100.010 | Awareness of the Child | |
| 100.020 | Human Sense Awareness | |
| 100.030 | Resolvability Limits | |
| fig100.031 | Resolvability Limits: Engineer's Inch Scale | |
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100.10 |
Subdivision of Tetrahedral Unity | |
| 100.101 | Synergetic Unity | |
| fig100.103 | Parallel & Perpendicular Halving of Tetrahedron | |
| fig 100.1041 | Three-Way Bisecting of a Triangle | |
| 100.120 | Icosa & Tetra (Fig 100.120 Photo of Icosa Image Inside Truncated Glass Tetrahedron) | |
| 100.20 | Scenario of the Child | |
| 100.30 | Omnirational Subdividing | |
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fig 100.301 |
Dissimilar Subdivision of Irregular Hexahedra | |
| 100.3011 | Necklace | |
| 100.304 | Cheese Tetrahedron | |
| 100.310 | Two Tetra into Cube | |
| 100.320 | Modular Subdivision of the Cosmic Hierarchy | |
| 100.330 | "Me" Ball | |
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100.40 |
Finite-Event Scenario | |
| 100.410 | Foldability of Triangles into Tetrahedra | |
| fig 100.412 | Scalene Right Triangle | |
| fig 100.413 | Equiangular Triangle | |
| fig 100.414 | Isosceles Triangle | |
| 100.415 | Unfoldable Limit (Fig 100.415 Scalene Triangle) | |
| fig 100.416 | Octahedron Inside Tetrahedron | |
|
100.50 |
Constant Triangular Symmetry | |
| fig 100.51 | Morley Theorem: The Trisectors of Any Triangle's 3 Angles Describe an Equiangular Triangle | |
|
100.60 |
Finite Episoding | |
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101.00 |
Definition: Synergy | |
| 108.00 | Four Triangles Out of Two | |
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fig 108.01 |
Triangle & Tetrahedron: Synergy (1+1=4) | |
| 109.00 | Chrome-Nickel-Steel | |
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fig 110.00 |
1 Positive Tet + 1Negative Tet = 1 Stable Cube | |
| 120.00 | Mass Interattraction | |
| 130.00 | Precession and Entropy | |
| 140.00 | Corollary of Synergy: Principle of Whole System | |
| 150.00 | Synergy-of-Synergies | |
| 160.00 | Generalized Design Science Exploration | |
| 180.00 | Design Science and Human-Tolerance Limits | |
| 200.00 | Synergetics |
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200.001 |
Definition: Synergetics |
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201.00 |
Experientially Founded Mathematics |
| 201.10 | Accommodation of Proclivities, Phases, and Disciplines |
| 201.20 | Synergetic Hierarchy: Grand Strategy |
| 202.00 | Angular Topology |
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202.03 |
Angular Topology |
| 203.00 | Scope |
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fig 203.09 |
Examples of Geodesic Design in Nature |
| 204.00 | Paradox of the Computer |
| 205.00 | Vector Equilibrium (VE) |
| 215.00 | A Geometry of Vectors |
| 216.00 | Significance of Isotropic Vector Matrix (IVM) |
| 217.00 | Prospects for Synergetics |
| 220.00 | Synergetics Principles |
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220.01 |
Principles |
| 220.10 | Reality & Eternality |
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221.00 |
Principle of Unity |
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222.00 |
Omnidirectional Closest Packing of Spheres |
| 222.01 | Definition (Fig 222.01 Equation for Omnidirectional Closest Packing of Spheres) |
| 222.10 | Equation for Cumulative Number of Spheres |
| 222.20 | Characteristics of Closest Packing of Spheres |
| 222.30 | Volume of Vector Equilibrium (Fig 222.30 Volume of VE = 20) |
| 222.40 | Mathematical Evolution of Formula for Omnidirectional Closest Packing of Spheres |
| 222.50 | Classes of Closest Packing |
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223.00 |
Principle of Prime # Inherency & Constant Relative Abundance of the Topology of Symmetrical Structural Systems |
| 223.01 | Definition |
| 223.02 | Axis of Spin |
| 223.03 | Equation of Prime Number Inherency of All Symmetrical Structural Omnitriangulated Systems |
| 223.04 | Equation of Constant Relative Abundance of Topological Aspects of All Symmetrical Structural Systems |
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223.05 |
Two Kinds of Twoness |
| 223.10 | Constant Relative Abundance |
| 223.20 | Primary Systems |
| 223.21 | Primary Systems: Equations |
| 223.30 | Symmetrical Analysis of Topological Hierarchies (1) |
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223.34 |
Symmetrical Analysis of Topological Hierarchies (2) |
| 223.40 | Powering |
| 223.50 | Prime Number Inherency |
| 223.60 | Analysis of Topological Hierarchies: Omnitriangulation |
| 223.64 | Table: Synergetics Hierarchy of Topological Characteristics of Omnitriangulated Polyhedral Systems |
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223.67 |
Synergetics Hierarchy |
| 223.70 | Planck's Constant |
| 223.80 | Energy Has Shape |
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224.00 |
Principle of Angular Topology |
| 224.01 | Definition |
| 224.05 | Line |
| 224.06 | Triangle |
| 224.07 | Sphere |
| 224.08 | Tetrahedron |
| 224.10 | Descartes |
| 224.11 | The Calculus |
| 224.12 | Cyclic Unity |
| 224.20 | Equation of Angular Topology (Table 224.20 Angular Topology Independent of Size) |
| 224.30 | Polarity |
| 224.40 | Multivalent Applications |
| 224.50 | Corollary: Principle of Finite Universe Conservation |
| 224.60 | Tetrahedral Mensuration |
| table 224.70a | Tetrahedral Mensuration Applied to Well-Known Polyhedra |
| table 224.70b | Tetrahedral Mensuration Applied to Spheres |
| 225.00 | Principle of Design Covariables |
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225.01 |
Definition |
| 226.00 | Principle of Functions |
| 226.01 | Definition |
| 226.10 | Corollary: Principle of Complementarity |
| 227.00 | Principle of Order Underlying Randomness |
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227.01 |
Definition (Table 227.01 Underlying Order in Randomness) |
| 228.00 | Scenario Principle |
| 228.01 | Definition |
| 228.10 | Considerable Set |
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228.12 |
Scenario Principle: Considerable Set |
| 229.00 | Principle of Synergetic Advantage |
| 229.01 | Definition |
| 229.10 | Corollary: Principle of Irreversibility |
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230.00 |
Tetrahedral Number |
| 230.01 | Definition |
| 231.00 | Principle of Universal Integrity |
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231.01 |
Definition |
| 232.00 | Principle of Conservation of Symmetry |
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232.01 |
Definition |
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240.00 |
Synergetics Corollaries (66) |
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250.00 |
Discoveries of Synergetics |
| 250.01 | Discovery |
| 250.10 | Academic Grading Variables in Respect to Science vs Humanities |
| 250.20 | My Independent Mathematical Explorations |
| 250.30 | Remoteness of Synergetics Vocabulary |
| 250.40 | The Climate of Invention |
| 250.50 | Coincidental Nature of Discoveries |
| 250.60 | Proofs |
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251.00 |
Discoveries of Synergetics: Inventory (40) |
|
260.00 |
The Epistemography of Generalization and Special Case |
| 260.10 | Invisibility of Macro- and Micro- Resolutions |
| 260.20 | Convergent vs. Parallel Perception |
| fig 260.211 | Human's Range-Finding Optical System |
| 260.30 | Physical Experience and Closest Packing of Spheres |
| 260.40 | Convergence to a Nucleus |
| 260.50 | Precession of Two Sets of 10 Closest-Packed Spheres |
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261.00 |
Getting Nature into a Corner |
| 262.00 | Conceptual Minimum |
| 263.00 | Nothingness and Tunability |
| 264.00 | Geometry of Self and Otherness |
| 265.00 | Unity of Triangulation |
| 266.00 | Science and Mathematics in the Language of Electromagnetics |
| 267.00 | Observer as Tetrasystem |
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fig 267.02 |
Observer as Tetrasystem |
| 268.00 | Omnioriented Tunability |
| 269.00 | Topology of Ins, Outs, and Interrelationships |
| 270.00 | Synergetics' Operational Accountability |
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270.10 |
Topological Accountability of all Vanishing and Elsewhere Reappearing Quanta |
|
300.00 |
Universe |
| 301.00 | Definition: Universe |
| 305.00 | Synergetic Advantage: Macro==>Micro |
| 306.00 | Universe and Self |
|
310.10 |
Odd Ball |
| 311.00 | Humans as Local Universe Technology |
|
311.10 |
Humans as Ultimate Complexities |
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320.00 |
Scenario Universe |
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fig 321.01 |
Universe as "A Minimum of Two Pictures" |
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325.10 |
Analogy of Rope-Making and Film-Strips |
| 325.20 | Epistemography of Scenario Universe |
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326.00 |
Universe and Metaphysical and Physical |
| 326.10 | Precession of Side Effects and Primary Effects |
| 326.20 | Pyramid of Generalizations |
| 326.30 | Comprehensive Universe |
| 326.40 | Metaphysical and Physical: Summary |
| 326.50 | Metaphysical and Physical: Cross-References |
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330.00 |
Universe as Minimum Perpetual Motion Machine |
| 340.00 | Expanding Universe |
| 350.00 | Negative Universe |
| 360.00 | Universe: System: Conceptuality: Structure |
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